Ge-drepan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-drepan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: l.)

Definitions

1 ge-drepan

to strike, smite :-- Hé wæs gedrepen (gegripen, and geþreád fram þám unclǽnan gástum and gefeóll tó þæs deácones fótum immundo spiritu correptus ad pedes diaconi corruit, Gr. D. 294, l. [O. H. Ger. ge-trefan con-, percutere, tangere.] ge-drepan

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛞᚱᛖᛈᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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